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After years of declining production, Egyptian cotton is again on the rise.

FAS Cairo forecasts refined sugar production in MY2018/19 to increase by approximately five percent or 115,000 metric ton (MT) to reach 2.44 million metric tons (MMT)....

On February 2, 2018, Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) issued updated requirements for suppliers wishing to participate in government tenders for wheat procurement.

On January 21, 2018, the Egyptian government gave Upper Egypt sugarcane farmers a financial boost.

Egypt’s soybean imports in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 are forecast at 2.8 million metric tons (MMT), up 400,000 MT from the MY 2017/18 estimate of 2.4 MMT.

FAS Cairo forecasts Egypt’s wheat production in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 (July-June) to reach 8.45 million metric tons (MMT), up by 4.3 percent compared to marketing year 2017/18.

In MY2015/2016, total raw sugar production is forecast to increase 3 percent to 2.127 MMT from MY2014/15 due to an increase in raw beet sugar production of 60,000 MT or a total of 1.210 MMT.

Soybean imports are expected to reach 1.97 MMT, reflecting additional crush capacity and soy meal demand.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced it would not directly provide cash subsidies for MY2015/16, after offering such subsidies to farmers for the first time in MY2014/15.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.